"To ride is in itself protection against superstitious fear, since the bicycle
is the product of pure reason applied to motion. Geometry at the service of
man! Give me two spheres and a straight line and I will show you how far I can
take them. Voltaire himself might have invented the bicycle, since it
contributes much to man's welfare and nothing at all to his bane. Beneficial to
the
health, it emits not harmful fumes and permits only the most decorous speeds.
How
can a bicycle ever be an implement of harm?"

-Angela Carter in the "Burning Your Boats" series



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